Digital ID: | 00383 |
Inventory Number (old): | 7 |
Title: | The reliquary of the Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebasteia. |
Category: | Reliquary |
Conservation or Restoration: | No |
Contition report: | Good. |
Dimensions: | 14 x 20,5 x 11,5 |
Material: | Metal Metal Metal Metal Metal |
Technique: | Engraved Pierced Niello Dotted decoration Wrought |
Iconography- Obverse: | The four sides of the reliquary are adorned by oval medals with the Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebasteia (ten on each side and medal), niello. |
Iconography-Other: | On the main part of the reliquary, on either side of the relics of the Martyrs the patron saints of the Monastery of Xiropotamou Pavlos Xiropotaminos and Pulcheria. |
Aniconic Decoration: | Schematic floral - flower decoration all over the surfaces of the reliquary. |
From: | 1886 |
Inscription info: | Category of Inscription: Dedicatory Kind - Type of Inscription: Prose Paleographic Data: Minuscule script Language of Inscription: Greek |
Place of Construction: | Άγιον Όρος |
Donor: | Queen Pulcheria (Xiropotamou Monastery). |
Keywords: | Reliquary. The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebasteia (relics). Saint Pavlos Xiropotaminos. Saint Pulcheria. |
Material of Additional Adornment: | Silver gilt / gilted silver |
Monastery: | Xeropotamou Monastery |
Appears in Collections: | Miniature Art - Metalworking |
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